History WMG / BloodstainedRitualOfTheNight

O.D. is immortal due to being a vampire, and Bloodless very possibly has the same traits, however like O.D., she is now in servitude of Mirian, the difference being that she is too prideful to admit as much, and choose to perform her servitude by avoiding behavior her new mistress would disapprove, forcing her into a similar TokenHeroicOrc role as O.D..

* [[spoiler:Yep.]]

This is to mirror [[spoiler:''Curse of the Moon'' where it was Zangetsu who was corrupted and then saved by those versions of Miriam, Alfred and Gebel]]. If we consider the possibility that [[spoiler:''Ritual''!Zangetsu is actually a purified ''Curse''!Zangetsu who managed to get around the afterlife issues and learn about the AlternateUniverse between ''Ritual'' and ''Curse'']], then perhaps Zangetsu would consider it [[spoiler:a debt he owed]] to Miriam.

As in the main "routes" of the other game, she is the final boss he faces and it's possible to win regardless of allies or power ups. Thus she knows if they were to fight, he would defeat her. She doesn't hold Miriam in much regard, as she's never fought in that game's [[spoiler:Nightmare mode, where Miriam is more or less the main character]].

Note that like in Bloodstained, the forces of darkness in WesternAnimation/Castlevania2017, or at least those under Dracula, is aware of advanced technology, from simple things like lightbulbs going upwards. Also, Alucard [[spoiler:is left by himself inhabiting Dracula's Castle and Belmont's Hold by the end of Season 2, both buildings holding a ''massive'' collection of knowledge that he may very well decide to safeguard himself]], eventually turning him into Orlok Dracule.

A lot of the cosmology lines up: God being [[HaveYouSeenMyGod absent]] [[GodsHandsAreTied at best]], [[JerkassGods an asshole]] [[GodIsEvil at worst]]; demons being ready to flood the world, and so on. But the clincher is the "dragged to hell" animation that greater demons like Gremory are associated with. It's very similar to what happens to Umbra Witches when they die or their pact-partner comes to collect debts (i.e. Game Over screens, Jeanne at the start of ''Bayonetta 2''). As for why such relevant factions don't appear in the game and lore, the Umbra Witches and Lumen Sages could have been instrumental in repelling the incursion ten years ago, but prefer to kept their involvement quiet. And for the current crisis, either the characters from the game simply reacted quicker [[spoiler:(Alfred timed everything out deliberately, after all)]] or this takes place concurrent with the Lumen vs. Umbra war that forms part of ''Bayonetta''’s backstory.

Most of ''Castlevania'''s protagonists are from the Belmont clan. Future installments will instead have most of the protagonists be unrelated to each other, but will all have one thing in common: they have the ability to absorb demonic power. Whether this is by being a Shardbinder or something else will vary from game to game.

Going by the theory that Bloodstained is an alternate timeline of Castlevania, Miriam is one of the last people with Belmont blood in existence, which would explain why she's so skilled at killing demons. Furthermore, her (former) natural blonde hair and blue eyes are found in Belmonts like Simon and Leon. There's also the fact that the whip is considered her signature weapon.

Going by the theory that Bloodstained is an alternate timeline of Castlevania, Miriam is one of the last people with Belmont blood in existence, which would explain why she's so skilled at killing demons. Furthermore, her (former) natural blonde hair and blue eyes are found in Belmonts like Simon and Leon.